Is this due to bots clicking flagged or is HN really this authoritarian now? For instance, https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/CoreutilsTestPeculiarity was flagged dead, but seems like core HN type of material. I can vouch, yeah, but 80% of content needs vouching now? What happened to this website??
Unsurprisingly, I'm flagged just for asking. And no one will vouch. I guess that answers my Ask.